And I believe I remember Dembski, cretin that he is, responding to one of Perakh's takedowns by alluding to Mark's heritage with some ill-judged remark about Russia being a land of drunks.

Dave Springer/Davescot certainly used that slur against Professor Perakh. I also recall some aspersions cast by Springer about credentials until the name-change was pointed out.

The expiring blog, Telic Thoughts, now posts an "obituary" by their last remaining contributor, chunkdz, which says as much about the character of chunkdz as it confirms that Professor Perakh was a very effective critic of the intelligent design/creationist movement's pseudoscientific claims.